Depending on when you planted tomatoes, and whether you’re growing them in a greenhouse or outdoors, you may have flowers and even fruits forming now, or in the next couple of weeks. Watering and feeding them is important for a good crop.
Watering tomatoes:
Keep the soil consistently moist so that the plants are not dealing with fluctuating levels of water – this will help to prevent:
- Blossom end rot – in which the tomatoes start to rot at the end where they were attached to the flower.
- Split skins – where the skin cracks just as the tomatoes ripen.
- Leaf curl – where the leaves curl up and distort
Feeding tomatoes:
Give tomatoes a fortnightly liquid feed once they start to form flowers and fruits – this will add nutrients to give them a boost, and will keep the plants healthier for longer, thus giving you a better crop.
